Martha Stewart breaks iPad, is disappointed that Apple fails to kiss her butt

Media mogul/domestic goddess/convicted felon Martha Stewart recently dropped her iPad, breaking the screen. For a stinking peasant like you or me, that would have necessitated a trip to the Apple Store or somewhere else to have it fixed or replaced preferably with AppleCare +. Now Ms. Stewart - whose estimated net worth is around $300 million - certainly could have sent one of her minions to take care of it, but that wasn't good enough - she expected on site service from Apple, then took to Twitter to complain when it didn't happen.

"I just dropped my iPad on the ground and shattered two glass corners. What to do?does one call Apple to come and pick it up or do I take it?" she tweeted on Wednesday.

On Thursday, Stewart added, "I am still waiting for an apple rep to come pick up my IPad. No action yey (sic)"

But by late Thursday, Stewart realized that she - and her overblown sense of celebrity entitlement - had gotten the better of her when she said, "So is it time to put out the fires and admit I was just pissed off at the fact my precious ipad shattered and I wanted to make light of it?"

By then, unfortunately, Stewart had set off alarms in Cupertino, because apparently someone at Apple's PR team got a hold of Stewart's people, and asked her to tone it down. That didn't set well with the queen of JCPenney home decor.

"i cannot believe that Apple Public Relations is mad at me for tweeting about my Ipad and how to get it fixed! steve jobs gave it to me!" she tweeted.

No, the "steve jobs gave it to me!" comment doesn't make you sound haughty at all, Martha.

She followed that up late last night with some comments about her frustration, then resumed this morning with a statement that the iPad's "Glass should /could be unbreakable."

I'm sure the Gorilla Glass boffins at Corning are gonna get right on that, Your Highness.

Ok it sucks to break an ipad and it probably cost a lot of money, but she could afford to either get a new one, or go to apple store and get it fixed. You know something, just because you are someone well known doesnt mean you are going to get any special treatment. We all pay the same price for apple devices, so why should you be any different than the rest of apples customers.

Way to go, Martha. Guess your ego didn't help you realize that you should've bought Apple Care+ like the rest of us mere mortals. No one gets onsite service for Apple tech. Not you, or anyone else, Ms. Steward.

Perhaps she should follow her own sh*tty ideas from her show.
Dear Martha,
With a hot glue gun and some glitter, you can take that ugly broken iPad and turn it into a lovely Christmas ornament.
Sincerely,
Nobody Cares.

On using "convicted felon" -
I know she's rude and diva-ish about her iPad and she could also just buy a hundred new ones instead of complaining on Twitter but come on, I don't think it's also right to point out that information.

Snark? Heck, that defines what you wrote. Instead of sounding like a bitter 12 year old that can't hope to understand her success or actions, try to find a more mature angle. Ask yourself why Apple PR wouldn't just nip this in the bud and get it fixed? Stewart has been a partner for Apple. She might be a bit eccentric or whatever you want to call it in her tweets, but you always take care of your VIP's (this was a gift from Jobs). http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/09/26/patent-trol... She's suing a patent troll that should be something developers, Apple, and even iMore could get behind.

Believe it or not, we can hold two thoughts in our head simultaneously: supporting her position against Lodsys but still thinking that she made a huge PR blunder by acting self-entitled when she broke her iPad.

If it had that much sentimental value to her as a gift from Steve, I posit that it should have been taken much better care of than to have actually been used every day. She could have kept that in her office, say, with another battle-ready iPad on her person purchased the regular way from Apple.

Or maybe she could have picked up an Otterbox or a Lifeproof case, instead of expecting it to magically be made of bullet-proof glass.